Pylon may refer to:
Structures and boundaries
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Pylon (architecture), the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral
* Pylon, a
support tower structure for suspension bridges or highways
* Pylon, an orange marker designating a corner of an American football
end zone
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Aircraft pylon
A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load. The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on the ...
, an external mount for equipment such as engines and weapons
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Electricity pylon
A transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon or simply a pylon in British English and as a hydro tower in Canadian English, is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line.
In electrical ...
, a steel lattice tower used to support an overhead power line
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Traffic pylon, a cone-shaped marker that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic
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Traction current pylon
A traction current pylon is a railroad pylon carrying at least one circuit for traction current. In Germany, traction current lines with two systems (4 conductor cables) typically have a single level arrangement of the conductor cables. For trac ...
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Pylon'' (album), a 2015 album by Killing Joke
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Pylon (band)
Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia. The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop, alternative rock and funk rock, influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. ...
, a rock band from Athens, Georgia, US
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''Pylon'' (novel), a 1935 novel by William Faulkner
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''Pylon'' (film) or ''The Tarnished Angels'', a 1957 movie based on the novel
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Pylon (''StarCraft''), a structure used by the Protoss race in the StarCraft universe
Other uses
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Pylon turn
A pylon turn is a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn, in such a way that an imaginary line projecting straight out the side of the aircraft (nominally the wing) points to a fixed point on the ground. The maneuver ori ...
, a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn around a fixed spot on the ground
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Pylons project, a set of open source web application frameworks written in Python
See also
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Pylon Peak (disambiguation) Pylon Peak may refer to:
* Pylon Peak (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia, Canada
* Pylon Peak (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA
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, several mountains
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Overhead line pylon (disambiguation) Overhead line pylon may refer to:
* A transmission tower
* A traction current pylon
A traction current pylon is a railroad pylon carrying at least one circuit for traction current. In Germany, traction current lines with two systems (4 conductor ...
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Pilon (disambiguation)
Pilon, Pilón or PILON may refer to:
* Pilon (surname)
* Pilon (ankle), the distal articular segment of the tibia
** pilon fracture
* Pilón, a Cuban musical form and a popular dance created in the 1950s
* Pilón, Cuba, a town and municipality in ...
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Pylos
Pylos (, ; el, Πύλος), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is th ...
, a town in Greece
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